Pentagon hits pause on plan to carry out mass firings of civilian employees, officials say
The Defense Department has temporarily paused a plan to carry out mass firings of civilian probationary employees until ...
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Pentagon Reportedly Halting Mass Layoffs Of Probationary Employees Pending Review
The Department of Defense (DOD) has reportedly paused its planned mass firings of probationary employees pending further review, two sources told CNN Friday. The plan to fire nearly 50,000 civilian ...
Pete Hegseth orders defense leadership to draw up plans for huge budget cuts as DOGE enters the Pentagon: report
Hegseth, 44, demanded a proposal that would include annual 8% cuts to the Pentagon’s roughly $850 billion budget, according ...
Pentagon seeking $50B of cuts to Biden programs to promote Trump priorities
The Department of Defense is looking to identify about $50 billion of “low-priority Biden-legacy programs” to cut so that ...
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Pentagon proposes $50 billion in annual cuts and identifies priorities to expand
The Pentagon has proposed cutting 8 percent of its budget annually for five years but prioritized funding in areas like ...
How DOGE Could Impact Pentagon Spending
The Pentagon is reportedly preparing lists of weapons programs it wants to cancel to coincide with Elon Musk's potential cuts ...
Pentagon orders budget revamp to reinvest $50 billion into Trump defense priorities
The review could set the stage for Defense Secretary Hegseth to follow through with goals to invest more in the Asia-Pacific ...
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Will Trump’s ‘Iron Dome’ missile defense make Americans safer? It’s complicated
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders to kick off his second term seeks to transform the United ...
Defense officials fear impending Pentagon firings could break law and hurt military readiness
Some defense officials responsible for drafting lists of civilian Pentagon employees to be terminated as soon as this week ...